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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker warned that the potential elimination of the Department of Education would devastate students across Illinois, particularly those in rural communities, with disabilities, and low-income students who rely on federal funding and Pell Grants.

The man known as the Truck Stop Serial Killer was convicted of another murder in January. This week, he was sentenced for the third murder conviction. Bruce Mendenhall was sentenced to an additional 65 years in prison for the July 2007 murder of Carma Purpura of Indianapolis. Mendenhall is already...

The suburb of Itasca, located in DuPage County, will not host their iconic fireworks show in 2025, according to a village press release. The fireworks celebration, held at Hamilton Lakes Business Park, has taken place for nearly three decades. The decision was announced at the Itasca Village board meeting Tuesday,...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. - Police are investigating after a 5-year-old Michigan City boy was found unresponsive in his home and later died at a Chicago hospital. Police were called at 7:16 a.m. on March 2 to a home in the 2200 block of Normandy Drive in Michigan City for an unresponsive 5-year-old.

Ashur Al Rahib of Chicago became a millionaire after purchasing a $10 Red Hot Millions scratch-off ticket at a Mobil gas station in Chicago, with the store associate, Romy Singh, receiving a one percent bonus, or $10,000, for selling the winning ticket.

Anna Vlasits never thought she would be organizing a protest, let alone putting one together in a few weeks that’s expected to draw hundreds of people Friday. But with uncertainty surrounding federal funding for labs across the country, the University of Illinois Chicago scientist and mother of two felt she had no...

Eliazar Rodriguez was running errands in Roscoe Village when he was stopped by two men with a laminated flyer outside a Starbucks. They said they were raising money for their little brother who was killed in a drive-by shooting and told Rodriguez that they were struggling to gather funeral funds. “I said, ‘I know...

It feels like every other week I’m reporting on some kind of crazy weather in the tri-state area. Just a couple of weeks ago, the forecast called for thunderstorms, tornadoes, and snow - all in the span of 24 hours. And sure enough, Mother Nature delivered. Luckily, it all hit on a Sunday when most places were...

A major redesign project now under way has permanently closed Milwaukee Avenue to traffic in Logan Square Park. From now on, traffic on Milwaukee Avenue will have to take a detour using the Logan Square roundabout at the west end of Logan Boulevard, on which traffic runs counterclockwise. For the short term, traffic...

In a city that takes its encased meats more seriously than most places take their constitutions, Jake’s Pup in the Ruf stands as a Vienna Beef shrine of near-religious significance to Chicago dog devotees. This isn’t just another hot dog stand – it’s a time machine disguised as a...